Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.47, No.20, 9146-9148, 2008
A Heterometallic, Heterovalent Cu-I/Sn-II/IV/S Cluster with an Unprecedented Cu4Sn Core and Stannacyclopentane Units
[(Ph3PCuI)(6){(CH2)(4)(SnS2)-S-IV}6Cu(4)(I)Sn(II)], a walnut-type, heterometallic, heterovalent cluster, as confirmed by density functional theory calculations, was obtained under reductive solvothermal conditions and features an unprecedented metalloid core within a metal sulfide shell and an organic surface.